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Susan Curry, Ph.D. is the Director of the Institute for Health Research and Policy and Professor of Health Policy and Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to joining UIC in 2001, she was Professor of Health Services in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington, and Director and Senior Investigator at the Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative.
Dr. Curry is recognized internationally for her expertise in health behavior research and translation of research findings into health policy. Her extensive research in tobacco includes publications on motivation to quit smoking, randomized trials of promising smoking cessation and prevention interventions, evaluations of the use and cost effectiveness of tobacco cessation treatments under different health insurance plans, and health care costs and utilization associated with tobacco cessation. Dr. Curry’s research also encompasses studies of dietary change, modification of risky drinking patterns, and methods of increasing compliance with recommended cancer screening.
Dr. Curry has been honored by the American Society for Preventive Oncology with the Joseph R. Cullen Memorial Award for distinguished research in smoking. She received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine in 2001. Dr. Curry is a Fellow in the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the American Psychological Association.
Among her current professional activities, Dr. Curry serves as co-Director of the National Program Office for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care initiative. She is also the Principal Investigator of the Helping Young Smokers Quit initiative funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Curry has served on numerous national advisory boards including the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine, the Tobacco Cessation Consortium of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Subcommittee on Cessation of the Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health (DHHS). | 